For those JMDLers wanting some perspective on how serious the bush fires really are, I can tell you that on the 2nd of January, there was a haze over Auckland City caused by the smoke from these fires (our prevailing wind is a westerly), that descended down the length of the North Island - Sydney is 1300 miles away, across the Tasman Sea!
Friends visiting from Sydney also said visibility in the city was as bad as 200-300 metres. Here's hoping for some really heavy rain to put these fires out once and for all. Hell ____________________________ "To have great poets, there must be great audiences too." - Walt Whitman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hell's Personal Photo Page: http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hell/main/personal.htm Visit the NBLs (Natural Born Losers) at: http://www.nbls.co.nz
